Three men have been sentenced to a combined total of 33 years in prison for their involvement in a violent aggravated burglary at a Ports…
Police were called in the early hours of December 20th to a report that a man had been injured at a flat on Crasswell Street. It was reported that a group of men had forced entry to the address wearing balaclavas and carrying serrated knives. Once inside they tied up the occupants, a man in […]
Three men have been sentenced to a combined total of 33 years in prison for their involvement in a violent aggravated burglary at a Portsmouth address in 2020
Police were called in the early hours of December 20th to a report that a man had been injured at a flat on Crasswell Street. It was reported that a group of men had forced entry to the address wearing balaclavas and carrying serrated knives. Once inside they tied up the occupants, a man in […]
Gosport man after Stoke Road Sex attack
A man who sexually assaulted a woman in the street in Gosport has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Jamie Bicknell, aged 32, of Gregson Avenue in Gosport was found guilty of sexual assault following a trial which began on Monday 20 February at Portsmouth Crown Court.
A man has been jailed after he crashed his modified BMW, causing the death of his girlfriend
Liam Pusey, 23, of the A339 in Herriard, was sentenced to nine years in prison today (17 March) following the catastrophic collision on the A32 near Droxford on 4 February 2021. Portsmouth Crown Court heard Pusey was driving north in his grey BMW 320D Sport with girlfriend Melissa Orsborn sat in the front passenger seat.
A former Metropolitan Police officer has been sentenced for possessing extreme pornography while he was serving with the force
Former PC Liam Boshein, who was attached to the South Area Command Unit, was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday, 17 March to 42 weeks’ imprisonment. He pleaded guilty at the same court on Friday, 10 February to one count of possessing an image of extreme pornography.
Rapist who set fire to victim’s car sentenced to 7 years and 8 months for rape, arson, and coercive control
A man has been sentenced to 7 years and 8 months in custody after being found guilty of two counts of rape, arson, and coercive controls against a woman in West Sussex. Arthur Norris, who goes by the name Alfy Norris, had sought to isolate, and control the victim, who cannot be identified for legal […]
A man who sexually assaulted a woman in the street in Gosport has been convicted
Jamie Bicknell, aged 32, of Gregson Avenue in Gosport was found guilty of sexual assault following a trial which began on Monday 20 February at Portsmouth Crown Court. The court heard that on 2 February 2021, Bicknell entered a restaurant on Stoke Road at around 9.50pm and ordered some food, before being asked to leave […]
Two men have been sentenced to prison for a string of burglaries in Gosport
Joshua Stedman, 32, and Craig James, 29, appeared in Portsmouth Crown Court today (Thursday 23 February). The pair had previously been charged with burgling an address on Beauchamp Avenue on 31 August 2022, which they both admitted when they appeared in court on 13 October 2022, along with four counts of fraud by false representation.
Two men have been sentenced to prison for a string of burglaries in Gosport – (ID 552675)
Joshua Stedman, 32, and Craig James, 29, appeared in Portsmouth Crown Court today (Thursday 23 February). The pair had previously been charged with burgling an address on Beauchamp Avenue on 31 August 2022, which they both admitted when they appeared in court on 13 October 2022, along with four counts of fraud by false representation. […]
Two men have been sentenced to prison for a string of burglaries in Gosport
Joshua Stedman, 32, and Craig James, 29, appeared in Portsmouth Crown Court today (Thursday 23 February). The pair had previously been charged with burgling an address on Beauchamp Avenue on 31 August 2022, which they both admitted when they appeared in court on 13 October 2022, along with four counts of fraud by false representation.
Seven charged with Couty Lines drug offences in Eastbourne
Police have charged seven men with drug offences in Eastbourne. They were all arrested and and subsequently charged as part of an investigation into active county drugs lines supplying class A drugs in Eastbourne.
Isle of Wight Thug Ben Entwistle has been jailed again
On the afternoon of Friday 17 December 2021, police were called with reports that 35-year-old Ben Entwistle had turned up at an address in Oaklyn Gardens, Shanklin, with a knife. Entwistle had attended a funeral earlier that day before heading to a wake at Shanklin Football Club, where he became drunk and violent and got […]
A man who attacked two ambulance workers whilst armed with a meat cleaver in Fareham has been jailed
In Fareham, a man armed with a meat cleaver attacked two ambulance workers. He was sentenced to prison.An ambulance was dispatched to an address in Glenesha Gardens around 3 a.m. on 11 February 2021, where 59-year-old Paul Searle was alleged to be suffering from breathing problems.Despite the efforts of the responding emergency personnel to assist […]
A man has been convicted of assaulting a woman in St Lawrence, Isle of Wight
Douglas Knight, 29, approached the woman while she was walking her dog in Charles Wood along Undercliff Road around 9.30 a.m. on December 22, 2021. Knight had passed the woman before turning to pursue her. As he approached her, he began to pet her dog and chat with her before she resumed her walk.
Two men sentenced to total of 15 years in prison following aggravated burglaries in Portsmouth
< Two men have received a total of 15 years in prison following two aggravated burglaries in Portsmouth in November 2021. Blayne-Jaydon Shanahan, 21, of Grove Road North, and Saqif Chowdhury, 19, of Stafford Road, Staffordshire, appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday 2 December for sentencing after both men pleaded guilty to two counts […]
A man who raped a teenage girl in Gosport has been jailed for nine years
Martin Butler attacked the girl, who was aged 16 at the time of the incident, in an alleyway off Gosport High Street between 5pm and 6pm on 19 November 2021. Portsmouth Crown Court heard that 43-year-old Butler, of Harbour Road in Gosport, then made threats that he would return and find the girl again […]
Havant man Trevor McCurdy who absconded from court and was found in Brighton sentenced for the sexual abuse of children
A Havant man who sexually abused two girls has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. Appearing at Portsmouth Crown Court on Thursday (24 November), 70-year-old Trevor McCurdy, of Almond Close, was sentenced having been found guilty by a jury of a number of child sex offences.
A man has been convicted of attacking paramedics whilst armed with a meat cleaver in Fareham
At around 3am on 11 February 2021, an ambulance was dispatched to an address in Glenesha Gardens where 59-year-old Paul Searle was alleged to be suffering from breathing problems. Despite the efforts of attending paramedics to help Searle, he became aggressive and verbally abusive to the point that the emergency workers left the address and […]
